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Slir Atlanta • WeeKlj) urnal
VOLUME XX.
AMERICANS TAKE 12 TOWNS
20 Cannon and Many Prisoners Taken
BRITISH «B
ON FRONT OF MILE:
ENEMY GUNS ACTIVE:
Advance Is Made by\General
Haig's Men Southeast of
- Viliers-Bretonneaux, South
• of the Somme v
LONDOS. July 18.—Southeast of Vil
lers Bretonneux. south of »he Somme,
the British line has been advanced on
a-front of more than one mile, says th»-
official statement today from British
headquarters in France. /
The British positions to the east of
Hebuteme also were improved some
what.
South of Bucquoy on the front south
east of Arras, a German raiding party
aas driven off.
The German artillery showed consid
erable activity during the night on the
Flanders front north of Bailleul.
The British official statement reads.
"Australian troops carried out a suc
cessful local enterprise early, last night
in the neighborhood of Villers Breton
neux. advancing their line southwest of
the village on a front of over a mile.
Two forward field guns were captured
. in the course of the operation, together
with a number of prisoners and some
machine guns.
"We also improved our positions
slightly during the night east of Hebu
tarne. * .
~We xafrtefl *3iut a successful raid to
the south of thtg village and drove off |
a Hostile raiding party south of Buc
quoy. . \
"Hostile artillery showed consider
able activity during the night north of
Bailleul." . • ~
Austrian Field Marshal
Relieved of Command
AMSTERDAM. July 18.—Emperor
Charles, says a Vienna telegram, has
granted the request of Field Marshal
Conrad von Hoetrendorf. former Aus
trian commander-in-chief and lately in
command on the Italian mountain
• front, that he be relieved of his com
mand.
General Archduke Joseph has'been ap
pointed commander of an army group
and Cavalry General Prince Alois
Schoenberg-Hartenstein commander of
an afmy
The emperor or. accepting Baron von
HoetzendorFs resignation appointed him
colonel of al! the guard regiments and
conferred upon him the rank of heredi
tary count >
Germans, Demoralized,
Sleep at Their Posts
FRANCE, Wednesday. July 17. —(By
the Associated I Tess. > —German troops
troops in .some portions of the
iieuciies in Flanders have been so
exhausted and demoralized by con
stant British raids, attacks and bom
bardments that many of them have
fallen asleep at their posts, not caring
whether they are killed or captured
An order issued to a Bavarian infan
try regiment re veals a condition of af
fairs which up to thfs time would have
been thought unbelievable in an army
notorious for its discipline. The com
manding officer wrote on June 25:
While making a tour of the line this
morning I came across complete sec
tions fast asleep, m spite of its being
dawn and misty. These sections had re
moved their equipment and had not the
faintest idea of the country, of.disposi
tions. of their orders or of the troops on
the flanks.
"Only yesterday I requested that all
men should be instructed on these
points and their particular duty explain
ed to them. This is all the more im
portant. as only a few days ago three
men and a light machine gun were cap
tured bya hostile patrol. This state
of affairs must not continue."
A good deal of activity continues be
hind the German front, but the Infan
try has remained very quiet since the
beginning of the present Gentian of
fensive around Rheirns.
Xo attempt has been made to recover
the ground lost at Ridgewood on Mon
day. when the British captured a total
of 841 men and seven officers. The
Germans have remained passive under
repeated British thrusts around Eail
• lent and only the artillery has indulged
in retaliation.
Knight’s Grand Cross
Awarded to March
w\sH IXOTON, July 18.- King
George has awarded the knight's grand
cross of the distinguished British Order
of St. Michael and St. George to Gen
eral Peyton C. March, chief of staff of
the American army.
Kaiser Hears Orchestra
On the Western Front
AMSTERDAM. July IS.—Emperor
William watched the opening of the
latest German offensive from an ad
vanced observation post northwest of
Rheirns. his favorite correspondent, Karl
Rosner, reports in a dispatch to the Ber
lin Lokal Anzeiger.
'The emperor,” says the correspond
ent tn his customary florid style, "listen
ed to the terrible orchestra of our sur
prise fire Attack and looked upon the un
paralleled picture of the projectiles rag
' Ing toward the enemy positions./
Full Associated Press Service
4 WHO SAID - ' -
1 AMERICANS dtz
cow-dai't
I FIGHT ?
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“WORK OR FIGHT” BILL
IS PASSED BY HOUSE
I
Makes Act Applicable to Per
sons Idle Because of Dis
putes With Employers
The "work or fight’* bill, whith makes
it compulsory for all persons between
the ages of 16 and 55 to engage in some
useful or productive labor for at least
five and one-half days each week dur
ing the period of ths. war, passed the
house of representatives Thursday
morning by a vote of 131 to 24.
Amendments were passed exempting
bona fide students in educational insti
tutions and making the provisions of
the act applicable to all persons who
may be temporarily out o> employment
on account of disputes with their em
ployers. This latter amendment has
particular significance as affecting
strikes and labor troubles.
Those voting against the bill were
Representatives Arnold, of Coweta; At
kinson, of Fulton; Bagwell, of Carroll;
Booker, of Wilkes; Brown, of Houston;
Culpepper, of Meriwether; Dickey, of
Crawford; Ennis, of Baldwin, Foy, of
Taylor, Hall, of Bibb; Harden, of Glas
cock.
Jones, of Coweta; Key. of Jasper; Kelly,
of Gwinnett; Kimsey, of Habersham;
Lassiter. of Dooley; Lowe, of Oconee;
Richardson, of Houston: Smith, of Dade;
Campbell, of Harris; Williams, of Mer
riwether; Winn, of Hart; Wyatt, of
Troupe; White, of Fulton-
Mr. Ballard, of Newton, and Mr. Mc-
Call, of Brooks, were excused from vot
ing.
The resolution of Mr. Pace, of Sum
ter, urging the striking employes of
the Georgia Railway and Power company
ito return to work and arbitrate their
. differences through the national war
' labor board, was introduced in the house,
[but its consideration was delayed until
; Friday on account of an objection raised
!by Mr. Bale, of Floyd. Unanimous con
-1 sent had been askeo to vote on the res
lolutfon immediately, but the objection
. caused the delay.
Letter From Wilson
I A feature of Thursday morning’s wes
' sion was the reading of a letter from
■ President Wilson to Speaker John N.
• Holder conveying his appreciation of
; the concurrent resolution introduced by
Mr. Jones, of Coweta, and passed by
both branches of the assembly several
days ago, expressing confidence in the
administration, indorsing the war poli
cies o fthe government and pledging the
general assembly of Georgia to heart
iest co-operation in the war program.
Among the bills introduced Thursday
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LEWIS BEGINS WORK
AS WIRE DIRECTOR
• X
President Expected to Sign Ex
ecutive Order Taking Over
Lines Very Soon
WASHINGTON, July IS.—David J.
Lewis, whose official appointment as the
nation's wire director, now appears to
await only issuance of President Wil
son's executive order taking over the
lines, began work in his new job today.
Following a long conference with
Postmaster General Burleson yesterday,
at which details of the new wire opera
tion were carefully gone into, Lewis
this afternoon had an extended con
ference with President S. J. Konenkamp,
of the Telegraphers’ union. Pending ac
tual taking over of the wires, all offi
cials are silent as to the course to be
followed. Burleson conferred with
President Wilson this morning and
shortly afterward it was stated the
president would sign the executive order
either today or tomorrow.
Under government control, the possi
bility of a one-cent automatic telephone
system throughout the country loomefi
today.
Competitive lines will be wiped out
as in the case of the railroads and equip
ment will be pooled and standardized
along the same lines. Great savings in
operating costs will be effected, offi
cials say, and with these the cost to
patrons may be materially reduced, it
is believed.
Details of telegraph operation are
complete and they embraced similar sav
ing methods as planned In telephone op
eration. Postoffices throughout the
country will be important units in the
telegraph operation. Some legal prob
lems are understood to have been defi
nitely settled and it is believed control
of these will be assumed also.
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TAPEWORM BANISHBO
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Take advantage of their free trial offer
Write them today.—(AdvL)
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1918.
■BEU CULLS 48.000
WHITE REGISTRANTS
Georgia Will Send 500 Men to
i Greenleaf Between August
5 and August 9
WASHINGTON, July 18.—Forty-six
thousand men from all states and the
District of Columbia have been called to
the colors by Provost Marshal General
Crowder. They are to be all white reg
istrants. Movement into camp will be
between August 5 and August 9.
This is the first general call for Aji
; gust, during which month the military
1 program provides for the
i of "00,000 white men. Special calls al
ready issued account for 19.941 of this
number.
Quotas to be furnished by each state
i and the camps to which the men go
■ Include:
Alabama, f,100; Camp Shelby, Miss.
Delaware, 100; Camp Wadsworth,
‘ Spartanburg, S. C.
District of Columbia, 50: Camp Shelby,
j Hattiesburg, Miss.
Florida, 100; Camp Shelby, Hatties
burg, Miss.
Georgia, 500; Camp Greenleaf, Fort
I Oglethorpe, Ga.
lowa, 800 Jefferson
Kentucky, 800; Fort Thomas, Ky.
Louisiana. 300; Camp Shelby.
■ Mississippi, 1,000; Camp Shelby.
New Jersey. 800; Camp Wadsworth.
New York. 2,500; Camp Greenleaf, Ga.
I North Carolina, 2,500; Camp Wads
worth.
Pennsylvania. 5,000; Camp Wadsworth.
South Carolina, 800; Camp Wads
worth.
Tennessee, 1,100; Camp Shelby.
Texas, 1,800; Camp Cody.
Virginia. 100; Camp Wadsworth.
Wisconsin, 1,000; Jefferson Barracks
Wisconsin, 35J; Camp Shelby.
Five Hundred Georgians to
Go to Fort Oglethorpe
Georgia will send 500 white selectmen
to Camp Greenleaf, at Fort Oglethorpe.
Ga., in the five-day period beginning
August 7, it was announced Thursday
by Major Joel B. Mallet, selective serv
ive law officer for Georgia.
A voluntary induction call for 100
white men to go on July 29 to Syracuse,
N. Y., where they will serve as firemen
and coast guards at a port of embarka-
I tion. has also been issued. Three cooks
are wanted for this call, Registered men
I subject to call may volunteer.
SERGEANT BROWN
BRINGS 159 BOCHES
TO HEADQUARTERS
He and Captain Storm Ma
chine Gunsj Take Prisoners,
and Brown Goes After More
Guns and Cleans Out Trench
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
THE CHAMPAGNE, July 18.—After
killing or capturing the crews of four
machine guns and raking a Boche-filled-.
trench with his automatic rifle until the
survivors surrendered. Sergeant J. F.
Brown walked into American headquar
ters late yesterday with 189 prisoners.
“I am sorry, sir, that I was unable
to bring in all I had,” he said in Report
ing, "but four of the wounded filed on
me.”
The fighting in the fields and woods
in the present "battle of the Marne is
most unusual. Companies, platoons and
even groups of two or three men are
waging their own warfare in clearing
out the Bochcs.
Sergeant J. H. Brown, separate from
his platoon, encountered the captain of
another company. Pointing at four en
emy machine guns, the captain said:
"Let’s get ’em.”
The pair charged the nests, seemingly
impervious to the hail of bullets, and
killed or captured the crews of two of
the guns. The prisoners were in their
way, so Brown turned them over to the
captain and cleaned up the other two
guns alone, taking additional prisoners
and smashing the pieces.
Captures Trenchful
The captain had started back to tha
American lines with his captives. Brown
followed some distance in his wake. The
sergeant encountered a comrade. Cor
poral Pipp, who volunteered to guard
the ,prispni>r& Brown readily accepted,
as he had just caught sight of a shal
low section of a trench, half filled with
dead Boches. The other half was filled
with Boches, too —very much alive
Brown’s automatic rifle had become so
hot that he could barely hold it. But
he lay it across his arm and opened
fire on the trench, killing several of its
occupants.
One of the Huns yelled “kamerad.”
“All right, come out,” Brown re
plied between shots.
All of the Germans, numbering nearly
a hundred, dropped their guns and sur
rendered.
Brown and Pipp started for the rear
and encountered numbers of their
platoon with prisoners. Brown took'
charge of them all.
The wood where Brown and the others
had been fighting was. being shelled
continuously. Once Brown and Pipp
were surrounded, but they fought their
way out.
At the edge of the wood, Brown’s com
panions left him to “get some more
Heinies” and he herded his prisoners
along a shell-pitted road toward the
rear still clutching his trusty auto
matic. He walked them fourteen kilo
meters from the front and marched them
to headquarters, making a total hike of
40 kilometers (nearly 25 miles).
Arriving at headquarters, Brown made
an accurate count of his bag for the
first time. There were 159 of them,
including a major, a captain and two
lieutenants. The sergeant assured the
commander he had a "receipt,” and
turned over a pistol and pair of wire
cutters he had taken from the major.
Uniform Torn With Bullets
Brown had narrowly escaped death a
number of times, as his uniform was
torn'with bullets. Early in the fight
ing his pack had been shot from his
back by shrapnel.
Brown’s feat was the climax of a
dozen of similar episodes. Eight Amer
icans, captured by the Boches. were
taken to the north side of the river.
They overpowered their guards, took
a boat from a German officer, and pad
died back.
A single machine gunner saw two
platoons of Huns advancing. The gun
had been damaged and he was unable
to swerve it, bringing them into- line
of fire. Whipping out his automatic
pistol, he fired several shots, picked off
the Germans on one side, causing them
to alter their course. This brought them
within range of the machine gun. He
then wiped them out.
AMERICANS GAIN
ENTIRE POSSESSION
OF .MARNE BANK
WASHINGTON, July 18.—American
troops have gained entire possession of
their sector on the south bank of the
Marne. General Pei shlng reported today
under date of July 17.
German thrusts against the American
positions northwest of Chateau Thierry
were “completely broken up." Pershing's
communique follows:
“In the Marne sector our troops have
entirely gained possession of the south
bank of the river. Northwest of
Chateau Thi’rry the enemy yesterday
repeated his attempt of the proceeding
day to penetrate our lines near Vaux.
His attack was completely broken up
by our infantry and artillery fire beforo
reaching our lines. *
"Yesterday, in the region of Thiau
court, a hostile was shot down
by one of our aviators.”
Postal Receipts Doubled
AMERICUS, Ga., July 18.—A com
parison of receipts at the Americus
postoffice shows the quarter ended June
30, 1918, had receipts of practically
double that of the previous correspond
ing quarter.
FOCH IS USING
AMERICANS AND
FRENCH IN BIG
P USH IN WES T
General Foch, Taking Advantage of Ebb in German Offen- .
sive on Marne-Rheims Front, Hits Hard Between the
Rivers Marne and Aisne on a Twenty-Five-Mile Front, Us
ing Both American and French Troops—Early- Advices
Stated That German Prisoners Were Coming in Quanti
ties and That the Initial Gains Amounted From Two to
Four Miles —Hun Threat Against Epernay and Rheirns
Diminishes
*
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES IN THE CHAMPAGNE, July 18.—
(2:10 p. m.) —The Americans are advancing with the French on the 40-
kilometer front (25 miles) between Soissons and Chateau Thierry.
The Americans have captured more than a dozen towns and villages,
taken numerous prisoners and advanced from two to four miles all along
the line.
The greatest force of Americans which has yet participated in a single
engagement is advancing with the French in this offensive, which was
launched at 4:30 this morning.
Twenty cannon were captured by the French and Americans at
Courchamps.
Latest reports say that the advance continues everywhere.
The drive between th« Alsup and the Marne is the biggest allied coun
ter-offensive since April, 1017, it was learned authoritatively this afternoon.
Many tanks are in action with the French and Americans.
Up to the hour of cabling, the Americans had captured the following
towns west of Chateau Thierry:
Viller-Heldon, Dammard, Courchamps, Licy-Clignon, Monthieres,
Torcy* Belleau, Givray, St. Gengoulph, Hautesves and other small villages,
farms, heights and woods, including Givery w’ood.
The advance reached a depth of three kilometers within thiee hours
after it began.
Many towns within that depth northward clear to Fontency were taken
by the Americans and the French.
The American commander at Givray, reporting the capture of the town
to headquarters, sent the following message:
“Met the Boche on his line of resistance.. Sharp fight. Boche turned
tail and ran like hell, pursued, by our troops. Hope have more prisoners.”
At headquarters, messages were coming in from everywhere, asking
permisison to push on further.
It was essential that the line should be kept straight and in some In-'
stances it was necessary to order the troops to hold back until adjoining
units came up.
It is the greatest pursuit of Boches the Americans have yet engaged in.
Enormous numbers of prisoners have been takn.
It is impossible to estimate how many.
American airplanes, flying over the lines, fought the Boches above,
while the doughboys and machine gunners fought them below. Aerial
observers dashed through the clouds and others carried back messages.
The surprise not only was complete, but the concentration for the
attack was unusually rapid. Field guns were loaded on trucks, and
dashed up to the lines. The horses were carried up the same
way. .
Lines of trucks carrying six and eight horses apiece have been
hurried up for the past twenty-four hours.
The German artillery resistance was feeble until 7 o’clock; then
their guns opened up, 'but the Americans had advanced too far for
the enemy guns to stop them.
Torcv was captured in fifteen minutes. Belleau fell at 8.10 and
Givray half an hour later.
WASHiNETDN THHILLED Bl
.HEWS Os FHEHCH BLOW
Every Official Believes Day
Has Come When Foch May
use Aggressive Tactics
WASHINGTON, July IS. —Word that
the French were striking the Germans
qp a wide front below the Aisne sent a
wave of enthusiasm through the war de
partment today when the first bulletin
came in. Every official accepted it as
proof that the long days of purely de
fensive operations are ended and that
General Foch. largely because of the
million American soldiers that have
been rushed overseas, now is able to use
aggressive tactics.
At first glance and without any defi
nite information as to the French coun
ter stroke, officers were inclined to be
lieve it a diversion in force to relieve
pressure on the front of the German
offensive. It is the first extensive coun
ter blow the allies have been able to at
tempt since the German onslaught be
gan last March.
♦ Striking to the east and north, tne
counter stroke threatens the rear of the
German assault on the eastern flank
of the whole Aisne salient, where the
enemy is pressing down the Marne val
ley and through the woods west of
Rheirns with tife evident purpose of cut
ting off Rheirns and forcing its evacua
tion. It was thought here, on the face
of early advices, that the French counter
stroke was designed to draw off German
reserves heretofore held for the purpose
of pressing through the gap in the
French positions along the Marne and
from that river eastward toward
Rheirns.
NUMBER 85.
I The towns named in the dispatch cov
er a front of more than seven miles.
Belleau is five miles northwest of Cha
: leau Thierry. Torcy is jialf a mile west
;of Belleau. Licy-Clignon is a mile north
,of Torcy. Vinly is three miles west of
1 i Torcy. Hautesvesnes is two miles north
west; St. Gengoulph is three miles
northwest; Gourchamps is a mile and a
1 half north, and Givray is a mile east.
I Darnmard is two miles and a half north
‘ and west Os St. Gengoulph.
The move this morning appeared to
i have been a surprice to the Germans.
; The manner in which this surprise was
• accomplished may best be judged from
the map which shows a great area of
i forest covering the ground behind the
French and American, lines. Under cover
J of these forests General Foch has been
preparing for some time for the present
i move.
The allies have gained from two to,
: tour miles everywhere on the twenty
■ five-mile front of their offensive today
i betwen the Aisne and the Mamei
Foch Springs Surprise Counter
Offensive Using Americans
NEW YORK, July 18. —(Summary at
Dispatches from American and French
Fronts in France.) —The allies started
a counter offensive this morning by at
tacking on ine 35-mile front from the
Marne northward to the Aisne.
The French communique, issued at
noon, stated the initial gains of from i
mile to nearly two miles had been made
and that prisoners were taken.
The Franco-American attacks extend
the battle line into a gigantic fighting
iront of nearly 100 miles from Mai<a
de Massiges to the region of Soissons
i Additional American forces have thus
been hurled into the maelstrom of blood
and steel on the west front. Marines
and regulars are known to be in tha
line from Vaux northward to Vinly, and
it is probable that numbers of American
reserves have been thrown into this
fighting.
The allied assault apparently comes
at a time when the German effort in
the Champagne is at its. lowest ebb. the
French report declaring that in this re
gion thre was "on change.”
This morning’s attack represents what
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